[Shop-talk] A different battery charger question

[pethier at comcast.net]

I believe that would work. I expect that the current you require would be a lot less than this monster can handle.

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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek at Ameritech.net>
> To: shop-talk at autox.team.net
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:44:53 PM
> Subject: [Shop-talk] A different battery charger question
> Working on my old Schumacher battery charger got me to thinking about
> another battery charger I have. It came from a Clarke floor machine,
> and
> it's a heavy amperage 24-volt charger. No fan, just a transformer and
> a
> rectifier circuit. But it's 24 volts, and there are NOT alternate taps
> on
> the transformer.
> 
> 
> 
> To drop it to 12 volts, could I use a 2:1 step-down transformer in the
> power
> line in, and thus run the transformer on 55 volts input? Or is there
> any
> other simple way to convert this heavy charger to 12 volts?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> Karl
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